Statistics Norway

Immigrant population by reason for immigration

8 Immigrations, first-time immigrations1 and first generation immigrants2 with non-Nordic citizenship by reason for immigration. 1990-2006
Year Immigrations in total Immigrations performed by former residents of Norway First time immigrations
First time immigrations in total Norwegiand citizens Nordic citizens3 Non-Nordic citizens that are not first generation immigrants Non-Nordic first generation immigrants
In total Reason for immigration
Work Family Refugee Training Other
1990-2006  568 708  173 122  395 586 21 031 83 230 7 612  283 713 45 736  122 494 81 988 31 906 1 589
                         
1990 25 494 10 543 14 951  647 2 653  611 11 040 1 013 4 568 4 214  975  270
1991 26 283 11 247 15 036  728 2 720  519 11 069 1 053 4 387 4 523 1 020 86
1992 26 743 10 265 16 478  881 2 782  588 12 227 1 146 4 906 5 023 1 100 52
1993 31 711 10 183 21 528  928 3 217  613 16 770 1 156 4 790 9 603 1 175 46
1994 26 911 9 887 17 024  954 4 150  585 11 335 1 169 4 330 4 577 1 194 65
1995 25 589 9 737 15 852 1 091 3 988  551 10 222 1 349 4 466 3 057 1 281 69
1996 26 239 9 996 16 243  983 4 985  595 9 680 1 430 4 748 1 951 1 462 89
1997 31 957 11 017 20 940 1 195 7 563  634 11 548 1 792 6 021 2 080 1 547  108
1998 36 704 11 042 25 662 1 193 9 349  711 14 409 2 416 6 992 3 095 1 801  105
1999 41 841 10 802 31 039 1 163 7 167  579 22 130 2 001 7 614 10 501 1 918 96
2000 36 487 9 656 26 831 1 381 6 250  252 18 948 1 901 7 735 7 126 2 103 83
2001 34 264 9 541 24 723 1 477 5 684  269 17 293 2 303 8 469 4 198 2 222  101
2002 40 122 9 919 30 203 1 799 5 526  266 22 612 2 639 12 948 4 434 2 503 88
2003 35 957 9 713 26 244 1 696 4 546  205 19 797 2 339 9 278 5 512 2 601 67
2004 36 482 9 446 27 036 1 666 3 893  228 21 249 4 012 9 332 5 063 2 757 85
2005 40 148 10 272 29 876 1 677 4 067  210 23 922 6 339 10 555 3 916 3 024 88
2006 45 776 9 856 35 920 1 572 4 690  196 29 462 11 678 11 355 3 115 3 223 91
1  The first immigration of a foreign born.
2  Foreign born with foreign born parents.
3  Citizens of Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Sweden.

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